Steve Stricker shot a 9-under-par 63 and is at 13 under, one back of Joe Durant after two rounds of the Chubb Classic at TwinEagles on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018,

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Shadows get longer as Joe Durant hits his second to the last putt for the day on the 18th green at the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018. (Photo: Christopher Dowell/Special to the Naples Daily News)Buy Photo

Steve Stricker has four top-3 finishes in six PGA Tour Champions events. He doesn't have a win yet -- but he's in position again.

Stricker, a member at three Naples country clubs, fired a 9-under-par 63 -- his third in a second round in 18 rounds on the tour -- to match Joe Durant's, and trails Durant by a shot after the second rounds of the Chubb Classic at TwinEagles Club on Saturday.

The 50-year-old Stricker, who has joined Calusa Pines, Naples National and Quail West, was in position to win his Tour debut last year in Tucson, but shot a 70 in the final round and Tom Lehman passed him up.

"That's why I'm here, to try to win the golf tournament," said Stricker, who has 12 PGA Tour victories. "One of them slipped away from me last year at Tucson, where I had control of the tournament. Tom Lehman played great and came back and beat me.

"It's a little bit of a learning curve out here and you have to understand a few things. One of them was (Friday) for me when I didn't make some birdies and lost my patience and tried to force a few things here and there. It's hard in a three-round tournament when you see guys shooting low right away."

Durant, 53, has two Champions victories, and had seven top-10s last year, with a tie for third his best.

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Silence on the 18th green as Steve Stricker examines his line for the final putt at the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018.(Photo: Christopher Dowell/Special to the Naples Daily News)

"I look forward to playing with Steve," Durant said. "He's a class act, one of my buddies out here and obviously he is playing well, and he had a great round. It will be a shootout, no question, but it will be fun."

First-round leader Miguel Angel Jimenez rallied late to draw within two strokes with birdies on three of the last four holes, getting up and down from near the grandstand on No. 18. 2015 champion Lee Janzen is three back and in fourth.

Stricker, who played on the PGA Tour the last two weeks, said he's still trying to find the right pace with the three-round Champions Tour events, compared to four rounds on the PGA Tour.

"(Friday) I wasn't very patient, and I let a couple slip away that I should have had," he said. "On the par 5s on my second nine (Friday), I walked away from a couple pars, and that was frustrating. So I kind of let that get to me.

"(Saturday) I was a lot more patient, and I felt it on the greens. When you're patient on the greens, you tend to roll the ball a little bit better, and I rolled a lot of nice putts in today, which I haven't been doing so all in all a better round today."

At two different times Saturday, eight players were tied for the lead.

Kevin Sutherland was in that pack and rose above it a couple of times, but the reigning Charles Schwab Cup champion had bogeys on Nos. 15 and 16 and is at 10 under, tied with Scott McCarron.

"I'm one of those guys that looks at the leaderboard, but the thing about it is here, if you look too much and you're not paying attention to what you're doing you're going to get run over," Durant said. "You've got to make a lot of birdies. We don't have the wind that we typically have here. It's been a bit benign this week and that's why the scores are so low, and the course is in great shape, too."

Durant's key shot didn't involve a birdie. On No. 1, he hit in the waste area left in a bush and he had to take a drop. But he hit an 8-iron to 10 feet and made the putt for par.

"Made a bomb on No. 2 for birdie, and after that the putter just felt really good," said Durant, who's from Pensacola Beach. "I kept giving myself nice opportunities, too. I hit some good shots coming in. The greens are rolling great so if you hit your spots, you can make a bunch of birdies, which a lot of guys did."

Miguel Angel Jimenez hitting out of the bunker on hole 4 of the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
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The golf channel films while Steve Strickter takes a putt at the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
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Steve Strickter hits a beautiful drive down the fairway at the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
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Silence on the 18th green as Steve Strickter examins his line for the final putt at the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
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Shadows get longer as Joe Durant hits his second to the last putt for the day on the 18th green at the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
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Joe Durant taps it in for is final putt of the day at the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
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Jesper Parnevik has a little celebration after making a long putt on the 18th green at the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
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David Frost goes for the final putt on hole 18 while Miguel Angel Jimenez and Gary Hallberg stand by watching. They were the final pairing to play at the Chubb Classic at the Twin Eagles golf course in Naples, Fla. on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
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